Bad Teacher

Bad Teacher

I spent many years in the ‘education business’. I valued good teaching. I spent many years trying to help poor teachers do a better job because I knew that bad teachers can affect the lives of so many students. I kept thinking I would not enjoy this film because bad teaching is not a joke. This film is so over the top that you can’t take it seriously.

Bad Teacher is just a bad film. Cameron Diaz does a great job with bad material. She plays the part of Elizabeth Halsey. She is happy to finish her first year teaching in order to marry a wealthy man. She is selfish, egocentric and foul mouthed. She also is one hot looking person. She would stop any student in their tracks. It is very understandable that her fiancée dumps her.

How will she now be able to afford the breast implantations she is set on having? She is forced to return to teaching.

She shows movies all the time. There is no discussion. There are no assignments. She takes drugs and is outspoken to the students.

She learns there is a prize for the best teacher. This honor has previously gone to Miss Amy Squirrel over the last many years. Elizabeth Halsey steals the test and the answers and drills her students to do well. She wins the prize and thinks she will now be able to get the ‘boob job’. She also has her eyes on the new sub teacher played by Justin Timberlake. I found him so unbelievable.

He actually is the bad spot in the film. The foul mouthed language is also boring. Bathroom humor never sits well with me. It is poorly executed.

The school is raising money with a car wash. The sexy scene with Miss Halsey is over the top but very funny. She wears the shortest shorts I have ever seen. She has more soap and water over her creating a sensual image.

This is not a film worth your attention. Of course you will have a laugh or two. Cameron Diaz does the best she can with a silly script. She is also very attractive.

The big hero is the phys ed teacher. Initially Miss Halsey turns him down because he is only a phys ed teacher. He is the only real character in the film. He adores Miss Halsey and is determined to win her over.

Nothing more need be said. This film might be satisfying to you if you are desperate for a laugh and don’t care about quality.